1999 Press Releases

December 30, 1999 - Fossella & Nat'l Park Service Announce Plans to Build New Playgrounds at GK Park & Miller Field
December 22, 1999 - Fossella Charges HUD Decision Opens Door for Federal Government to Intrude on Local Matters
December 21, 1999 - Fossella Suggests New Strategy to Deport Ferry Slasher to Cuba
December 21, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Calls for Hearings Into Securities Industry's Conversion to Decimal Trading
December 15, 1999 - Fossella Assures Seniors Social Security Benefits Are Y2K-Proof
December 15, 1999 - Fossella Assures Staten Island & Brooklyn Seniors Social Security Benefits Are Y2K-Proof
December 15, 1999 - Fossella Renews Call For Ban on Internet Taxes as Gov't Commission Sets To Meet
December 13, 1999 - Miller Field in the 21st Century: New Name, New Comfort Stations
November 22, 1999 - Fossella Applauds Decatur School Board For Standing Firm in Face of Protests
November 22, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Statement on Budget Agreement
November 17, 1999 - An Important Message To The Merchants on 5th Avenue
November 12, 1999 - Fossella Criticizes Arafat Statements Accusing Israel of Poisoning Palestinians
November 10, 1999 - Fossella & Molinari Announce Vets To Have Access To Military Burial Honors
November 10, 1999 - Fossella Applauds HMO's Decision To Return Power To Patients & Doctors
November 10, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Statement on FALN
November 8, 1999 - Another Federal Agency Contradicts Clinton on FALN
November 8, 1999 - Fossella Legislation to Rename Miller Field Passes Senate
October 29, 1999 - Fossella To White House: Gov't Stats Out Today Prove Republican Economic Principles Have Led America Down Path of Prosperity
October 28, 1999 - Fossella Provision To Increase Reliability of Electric Service in NY Passes Subcommittee
October 22, 1999 - Fossella Declares Victory In Battle To Protect Brooklyn Education Dollars
October 21, 1999 - Fossella Declares Victory In Battle Over Federal Education Funding
October 20, 1999 - Fossella Legislation to Rename Miller Field Passes Senate Committee
October 20, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Calls on White House "To Come Clean" on FALN
October 19, 1999 - Fossella Finds "Irrefutable Evidence" WH Wants To Raise Taxes or Raid Social Security Trust Fund
October 18, 1999 - Fossella Presents College of Staten Island With $250,000+ Grant For Children's Center
October 14, 1999 - Fossella Defeats Interstate Waste Ban Amendment
October 14, 1999 - Fossella Declares Victory In Battle Over Audie Murphy Stamp
October 12, 1999 - Pennant Fever Sweeps Through The House
October 7, 1999 - Sports & Recreation Complex Takes Shape in Ocean Breeze
October 5, 1999 - Fossella Stresses More Choice, Less Regulation To Stem Growing Tide of Uninsured Americans
October 4, 1999 - Fossella Resolution To Eliminate Federal Funding For Brooklyn Museum Passes House
October 1, 1999 - Fossella Secures Congressional Hearing Into Air Noise from Newark Airport
September 30, 1999 - REPS. SWEENEY AND FOSSELLA TAKE AIM AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART
September 28, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Begins Nationwide Effort to Pass Resolutions In All 50 States Condemning President's Clemency Deal
September 27, 1999 - Congressman Fossella To Organize Rally Protesting Brooklyn Museum of Art Exhibit
September 23, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Blasts Clinton Tax Cut Veto
September 20, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Arranges for FEMA Official To Be Stationed at City's Emergency Response Center
September 16, 1999 - Puerto Rican Terrorist Group Issues New Threat Against America
September 9, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Calls on Clinton To Reject Clemency for 12 FALN Terrorists & Unveils Resolution Criticizing Deals
August 31, 1999 - Congressman Fossella To Introduce Congressional Resolution, Seek Hearings On Clinton's Offer of Clemency To 16 Terrorists
August 23, 1999 - Fossella Announces Increase in Social Security Earnings Limit For Disabled Staten Islanders
August 20, 1999 - Fossella Charges FAA Attempting To "Shift the Blame" With Reconnected Noise Complaint Hotline
August 20, 1999 - Fossella & Molinari Urge Staten Islanders To Assist Victims of Earthquake
August 17, 1999 - Fossella To Join Congressional Delegation On Fact-Finding Mission To Israel
August 12, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Tapped To Lead House Effort To Improve Securities Markets
August 11, 1999 - Fossella To Make V-Z Bridge Carpool Discount Applications Available In District Office
August 11, 1999 - Fossella Announces Increase in Social Security Earnings Limit For Disabled Staten Islanders
August 10, 1999 - Fossella Calls On Communist China To Stop Belligerence and Religious Intolerance
August 6, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Steps Up Battle Against Internet Porn
August 5, 1999 - Fossella Calls for Expedited Remediation of Brookfield Landfill
August 5, 1999 - Fossella Hails Passage of $792 Billion Tax Relief Bill
July 29, 1999 - HELP WANTED: Tenacious Fighter With a Passion For Protecting Vets Needed To Lead Veterans Administration
July 28, 1999 - Fossella & Staten Island Residents Hail Passage Of Tax Relief Legislation Passed By House
July 22, 1999 - Fossella Applauds House Passage of Comprehensive Tax Relief Bill
July 21, 1999 - Fossella Announces Support for Social Security Lock Box/Tax Cut Bill Before Congress this Week
July 21, 1999 - Fossella Questions Whether Deregulating The Electric Industry is Key to Preventing Recent Power Problems
July 20, 1999 - Fossella's "Merit Raise For Teachers" Initiative Passes House as Part of Comprehensive "Teacher Empowerment Act"
July 1, 1999 - Fossella Urges Clinton to Reappoint Alan Greenspan to Another Term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve
June 30, 1999 - FOSSELLA LEGISLATION TO RENAME MILLER FIELD BREEZES TO VICTORY
June 29, 1999 - AS SUMMER VACATION BEGINS FOR STUDENTS, FOSSELLA CONTINUES BATTLE TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
June 23, 1999 - Fossella Supports Constitutional Amendment Outlawing Desecration of the American Flag
June 22, 1999 - Fossella, Golden to Celebrate Groundbreaking of 69th Street Pier
June 22, 1999 - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to Join Congressman Fossella on USO Tour of the Balkans
June 18, 1999 - Fossella Votes For Waiting Period, Trigger Locks, Juvenile Brady & Juvenile Assault Weapons Ban
June 17, 1999 - Legislation Limiting Collection of SEC Fees Gains Momentum in Congress
June 16, 1999 - Fossella to Feds: "Talk is Cheap. Show Me Some Action."
June 14, 1999 - Fossella Criticizes Medical Association for Publishing Study That Claims Child Sexual Abuse is Not Harmful
June 11, 1999 - Fossella: Hypocrisy at Heart of White House Decision to Cancel Fresh Kills Hearing
June 9, 1999 - Fossella Questions Whether White House Backing Out of Fresh Kills Hearing
June 9, 1999 - Fossella's "Merit Raise for Teachers" Bill Incorporated Into Comprehensive "Teacher Empowerment Act"
June 8, 1999 - Fossella Charges FAA Has "Turned Deaf Ear to Staten Island"
June 4, 1999 - Fossella Calls for Increase in Post-Rush Hour Express Bus Service
June 3, 1999 - Fossella Seeks Federal Investigation into Immigration Status of Infamous Ferry Slasher
June 3, 1999 - Staten Island Small Business Health Care Problem Growing
May 25, 1999 - Fossella and Connelly Score Victory on Helicopter Noise
May 21, 1999 - Commuter Victory: Fossella Secures Final Piece of X-bus Transportation Puzzle
May 21, 1999 - Fossella and Molinari Secure Agreement for Review of Flood Maps on Staten Island
May 20, 1999 - Fossella Blasts Board of Education for Consistently Failing to Take Action
May 20, 1999 - Fossella Receives Taxpayer Hero Award for Commitment to Cutting Government Waste
May 19, 1999 - Readers are Leaders: 5,800 Students Read 46,000 Books
May 18, 1999 - Fossella Legislation to Rename Miller Field Breezes to Victory
May 14, 1999 - Fossella to Sponsor Public Meeting to Gain Information for Small Business Health Care Initiative
May 11, 1999 - Fossella Supports Tax Credit Bill to Improve Local Education
May 10, 1999 - Miller Field in the 21st Century: New Name, New Comfort Stations
May 7, 1999 - Fossella Cosponsors Bill to End Unfair Treatment of Working Seniors
May 6, 1999 - Fossella Hails Passage of Bill to Better Equip American Soldiers in Kosovo
May 18, 1999 - Fossella to Sponsor Public Meeting To Gain Information For Small Business Health Care Initiative
May 3, 1999 - Fossella Supports Bill To Ensure Funding Of Essential Senior Services
April 30, 1999 - Fossella Reiterates Support For Air Strikes, But Challenges Clinton's Leadership
April 29, 1999 - Fossella Gains $300+ Million Authorization To Dredge Arthur Kill
April 29, 1999 - Fossella Announces
April 29, 1999 - Fossella Hails Signing of New Law That Will Pump Billions Into Local School Districts
April 28, 1999 - Fossella Secures Agreement With State DOT To Create Bus-Only Lane On Portion Of SI Expressway
April 28, 1999 - Fossella To Sponsor Informational Night For Students Interested In Attending Service Academies
April 26, 1999 - Fossella & Giuliani Join Forces To Make Affordable Health Care Insurance Available To Staten Island Small Business Owners
April 22, 1999 - Fossella Says Community OK Final Step To Building Second Huguenot Park N' Ride
April 22, 1999 - Fossella Questions White House's Failure To Protect Taxpayers From IRS Harassment
April 22, 1999 - Fossella Appointed To Prestigious Task Force On Reforming The FCC
April 19, 1999 - Fossella Urges Staten Islanders To Adopt-A-Sailor During Fleet Week
April 15, 1999 - Fossella Votes For Constitutional Amendment To Limit Tax Increases
April 12, 1999 - Fossella Demands Toll Relief After PA Reveals Multi-Million Surplus
April 8, 1999 - Fossella Looks to Bring "Touch of Home" to American Soldiers in Kosovo
April 8, 1999 - Underwater Cameras...Night-Vision Devices...Real-Time Video Screens...Crime Fighting -- 21st Century Style on Staten Island
April 6, 1999 - Fossella & Molinari Set Record Straight on Misinformation & Distortions Leveled by Self-Proclaimed 'Environmentalists'
April 6, 1999 - All Aboard...Three New Express Trains Begin Service Tomorrow
April 1, 1999 - Fossella Expresses Disappointment Over Generic Depiction of "Shot Heard 'round the World" Stamp
March 31, 1999 - Lone Copy of Shredded FAA Report to be Focus of Congressional Hearings on Safety at Newark Airport
March 29, 1999 - Fossella Proposes Series of Common Sense Suggestions to Ease VZ Traffic Crunch
March 29, 1999 - Fossella Releases "Top 10" Tax Savings Tips for Staten Island Families
March 25, 1999 - Fossella Pledges to Vigorously Oppose Clinton Medicare Cuts
March 25, 1999 - Fossella, Menendez Introduce Bill to Save Investors Hundreds of Millions of $$'s Annually
March 25, 1999 - Park Service Needs Debate, So Fossella Sets GK Park Renaming Public Meeting
March 23, 1999 - Fossella Supports Bill Codifying Requirements For Burial at Arlington National Cemetery
March 23, 1999 - Fossella Blasts Park Service for Sabotaging Bill to Rename Park in Honor of WWII Vets
March 23, 1999 - Fossella Continues Battle to Prevent BOE From Denying Students Access to Summer Reading Program
March 19, 1999 - Fossella Blasts Clinton For Threatening Veto of Republican Plan to Save Social Security
March 18, 1999 - Fossella: Continued Military Threats Spark Need For Missile Defense System
March 18, 1999 - Fossella Effort to Rename Great Kills Park in Honor of World War II Vets Gains Momentum
March 18, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Blasts Silver For Nixing Charter School $$ in Show of "Political Gamesmanship"
March 17, 1999 - Fossella And Connelly Schedule Forum on Helicopter Noise
March 16, 1999 - Fossella to Present Prestigious Medal to D-Day Veterans During Emotional Ceremony
March 16, 1999 - Fossella Signs Pledge to Save Every Penny of Social Security Trust Fund For Retirement Benefits
March 16, 1999 - Fossella Calls for Blue Ribbon commission to Be Headed by General Schwartzkopf to Investigate Chinese Theft of Military Secrets
March 15, 1999 - New Federal Regulations May Save Staten Island Tugboat Company
March 12, 1999 - Fossella Targets Mass Transit Improvements to Ease Island Traffic Crunch
March 9, 1999 - Citing Pattern of Discrimination, Fossella Files Environmental Justice Complaint Over Fresh Kills Landfill
March 8, 1999 - If You Build It, They Will Come...
March 5, 1999 - Congressman Vito Fossella today released the following statement on North Korea's Deployment of a Missile:
March 5, 1999 - Fossella Reveals Incentive Program Could Get New Ferry in The Water Months Earlier
March 4, 1999 - Fossella Reveals Shorefront Feasibility Study One Step Closer to Beginning
February 24, 1999 - Fossella Opposes Proposed Needle Giveaway Program; Vows Fight To Stop Plan In Its Tracks
February 24, 1999 - Fossella Reveals Containment Islands Dead
February 24, 1999 - Fossella District Office Moving to New Location
February 23, 1999 - Fossella Introduces Bill to Mandate Straight-Out Departure
February 12, 1999 - Fossella Cosponsors Constitutional Amendment Outlawing Desecration of the American Flag
February 12, 1999 - Fossella Urges Construction of South Shore Bus Depot to Increase Express Bus Service
January 11, 1999 - Fossella Acts to Help Uninsured After SI Advance Reports 75% of Residents Could Soon Be Without Coverage
January 11, 1999 - Fossella Urges President to Endorse 30% Tax Cut Plan During State of the Union Address
January 8, 1999 - Fossella Urges Missile Defense System as North Korea Readies Missile Launch Sites
January 7, 1999 - Fossella Receives High-Ranking Subcommittee Assignments
January 6, 1999 - Congressman Fossella Unveils 30% Across-the-Board Tax Cut Plan
January 6, 1999 - Fossella Requests Sanitation Dept. Install Air Sampling Equipment at the Fresh Kills Landfill

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